Professor: Karin Block<\/p>\n
The Smithsonianmag.com<\/a> article on James Hutton 1726-1797 (Father of Modern Geology) certainly drew my interest in the subject: \"The genealogy of these ideas ... goes from Hutton to Playfair to Lyell to Darwin.\"<\/em><\/p>\n Then Catastrophism vs. Uniformitarianism (Hutton's view) is introduced.<\/p>\n This is also interestingly referred by Answers in Genesis. There seems to be a well documented history<\/a> of the views on Earth's age. For example, Gap Theory was introduced not by Vos (as I had previously thought from reading Vos' commentary), but by someone earlier, Thomas Chalmers (1780\u20131847).<\/p>\n The professor did refute young-earth creationists view (Earth is not 6000 years old).<\/p>\n I supposed the most important challenge is the glossary.<\/p>\n Definitions Training is for this class is now available on Memrise<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Professor: Karin Block The Smithsonianmag.com article on James Hutton 1726-1797 (Father of Modern Geology) certainly drew my interest in the subject: \"The genealogy of these ideas ... goes from Hutton to Playfair to Lyell to Darwin.\" Then Catastrophism vs. Uniformitarianism … Continue reading